Search continues for Richland County girl that fell in the Wisconsin River on April 6

The search continues for the body of 5-year-old Angela Girton from Lone Rock who fell in the Wisconsin River on April 6 and is presumed drown. Richland County Emergency Management issued the following statement on Tuesday, April 21. The recovery operation will resume today to locate 5-year-old Angela Girton who fell into the Wisconsin River […]

Driftless Cafe and Viroqua Chamber bring home Main Street awards

DE PERE, Wis. – A veteran community in the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Main Street Program and celebrating their 25th year as a Main Street Community, all eyes were on Viroqua at the De Pere 2015 Main Street Awards. Luke Zahm and his wife Ruthie, owners of the Driftless Cafe won second place in the WEDC’s Main […]

28-year-old Genoa man Vernon County’s third traffic fatality of 2015

A 28-year-old Genoa man became Vernon County’s third traffic fatality for 2015 early Sunday morning as the result of single vehicle rollover crash on State Hwy 56. Vernon County Dispatch reports they received a call from a passerby at approximately 1:51 a.m. who located the vehicle over an embankment on its side. When First Responders […]

Teen that jumped from moving vehicle in Monroe County identified

Monroe County Sheriff Scott Perkins is reporting the identity of the persons that were involved in the motor vehicle crash on County Highway A in the town of Wilton on Sunday. The driver of the vehicle is identified as Katherine L. Wolf, 48, of Tomah. The passenger who was injured in the crash is identified […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Football League is giving up its tax-exempt status. In a letter to team owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league office and its management council will file tax returns as taxable entities for the 2015 fiscal year. Goodell says the NFL has been tax-exempt since 1942, though all 32 teams […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – There’s a new restaurant at Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers and the team’s food and beverage service partner unveiled the atrium restaurant Tuesday called 1919 Kitchen & Tap. 1919 is a nod to the year the team was organized. The Packers say the restaurant should be open by the […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers’ Thanksgiving matchup with the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field will displace a long-held tradition in the stadium’s atrium. For more than a decade, Christian Outreach Ecumenical Ministry has hosted a free Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of people at Lambeau. The Packers game against their longtime rival […]

By: Bill Scott-Wisconsin Radio Network The Green Bay Packers will not only host the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving night at Lambeau Field, but they’ll witness longtime Packers great Brett Favre’s number-4 unveiled on the facade inside Lambeau Field as his number is retired. “I think it’s great,” coach Mike McCarthy said in a team release, “and […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – A specially-trained team has rescued a person who fell from a bluff in La Crosse. The Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team was called to George’s Point on the bluff about 8 p.m. Sunday. The team used ropes to rescue the individual and bring that person back to the trail head. […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – La Crosse police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a downtown alley. Authorities say the body was discovered about 7 a.m. Monday near Community Credit Union. The area has been cordoned off as investigators work the scene.

The Houston County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a fugitive they believe to be dangerous. Dillion Heiller is wanted in Houston County on felony possession of an assault weapon. Law Enforcement Agents say they had contact with Heiller on the phone Tuesday and he told police “to come find him […]

Vernon County Sheriff John B. Spears reports a two-vehicle collision occurred Monday afternoon at approximately 3:30, in the town of Genoa. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Kyle T. Strand, 28, of rural Genoa was driving west on Witcraft Ridge Road and collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Donald E. Oliver, 58, also of rural […]

John W. Marshall, age 97 of Viola passed away on Monday, April 20th Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 2nd at 11 a.m. at the Viola United Methodist Church. Friends may call at the church on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Skyler J. Jarrett, age 20 of Viroqua passed away on Thursday, April 9th Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 14th at 1:00 p.m. at Our Saviors Luther Church in Westby. Family and friends may call at the Vossetieg-Larson Funeral Home in Viroqua from 3 to 5 p.m.

Tracy Alan Dregne, age 52 of Westby and formerly of Viroqua passed away on Sunday, April 5th Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 11th at the Thorson Funeral Home in Viroqua. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until the time of service at 2.

Merrill V. Pugh, age 80 of Soldiers Grove passed away on Tuesday, April 7th Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 11th at 11:00 a.m. at the Soldiers Grove Church of Christ. Friends may call at the Sime Funeral Home in Readstown on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday at the […]

Margaret Ann Gillingham, age 83 of Richland Center passed away on Tuesday, April 7th Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 11th at the Pratt Memorial Chapel. Friends may call at the Chapel on Saturday morning from 9:30 until the service time at 11.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin lawmaker says she wants to double the state’s minimum wage, calling the matter a civil rights issue. At a Tuesday press conference at the Capitol, Rep. Melissa Sargent, a Madison Democrat, introduced a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The current minimum wage is […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – There’s a new restaurant at Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers and the team’s food and beverage service partner unveiled the atrium restaurant Tuesday called 1919 Kitchen & Tap. 1919 is a nod to the year the team was organized. The Packers say the restaurant should be open by the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Supreme Court justices disagree about whether there will be a chief justice on the court shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday. That’s when the state elections board is scheduled to certify results of the April 7 election. Voters approved a constitutional amendment giving justices the power to select who is […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republicans have quietly introduced three bills that would require food stamp users to buy healthy food and applicants for state job training programs and unemployment benefits in certain fields to undergo drug screening. Rep. Robert Brooks’ bill would require food stamp users to use at least two-thirds of their monthly allotment […]

Wisconsin Radio Network Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he has the “courage…and capacity” to take on powerful interests, including unions, at the federal level. Walker, a Republican who is likely to enter the presidential race soon, signed a “right-to-work” law in Wisconsin this year and he sees a need for a similar federal law. “As […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The number of chickens at a northwest Iowa farm that will need to be killed because of the bird flu virus has been reduced to 3.8 million. Sunrise Farms announced Tuesday that it houses 3.8 million laying hens, all of which will need to be killed after a routine test […]

Wisconsin Radio Network State officials have ordered a ban on moving poultry in three Wisconsin counties. State Veterinarian Dr. Paul McGraw ordered the ban Friday on moving poultry to shows, exhibitions, and swap meets in Jefferson, Juneau, and Barron counties – all counties where the H5N2 avian influenza virus was recently found. Additionally, anyone owning […]

By Bob Hague – WRN –A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Wisconsin. The H5N2 avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial flock of 200,000 chickens in Jefferson County, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The flock is located within the Mississippi […]

By: Bob Hague-Wisconsin Radio Network An aging workforce will mean hard to fill positions in Wisconsin’s crucial agricultural industry. Department of Workforce Development chief economist Dennis Winters said challenges in the ag sector mirror those in the rest of the state’s economy. “From a workforce standpoint, and with the quantity problem, it’s going to be […]

LINCOLN, Wis. (AP) – Owners of a 4,000-cow dairy farm in northeast Wisconsin say the operation isn’t polluting drinking wells amid allegations from environmental groups. Press-Gazette Media reports owners of Kinnard Farms said in a statement Wednesday that they’re surprised by the allegations. They said the Kewaunee County farm follows strict regulations and strives to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Football League is giving up its tax-exempt status. In a letter to team owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league office and its management council will file tax returns as taxable entities for the 2015 fiscal year. Goodell says the NFL has been tax-exempt since 1942, though all 32 teams […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Prosecutors have called their first witness in the trial of Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes. Katie Medley testified that she thought her husband was dead after he was shot in the head, but noticed he was breathing. She says she had to decide whether to leave the theater or stay […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Same-sex marriage advocates and protesters alike filled the sidewalks outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. It was a festival-like atmosphere, complete with warm sunshine and lots of selfies. While the high court isn’t expected to rule until June, many people said they wanted to witness history in the making. Shelly Bailes, a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court justice who could decide the issue of same-sex marriage has had tough questions for both sides today as the justices heard historic arguments over the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to share the concern of the court’s conservative justices when he said […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – As President Barack Obama sees it, the looters who were on the streets of Baltimore yesterday weren’t protesting — they were stealing. And Obama says there’s no excuse for the violence that raged following the funeral for Freddie Gray — a black man who died after he was injured in police custody. […]